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Kannada-English dictionary

Source: Alar: Kannada-English corpus

Okkalu (ಒಕ್ಕಲು):—[noun] a separating of grains from the harvested crop, by thrashing; a thrashing.

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Okkalu (ಒಕ್ಕಲು):—

1) [noun] a place where one normally resides; a house; a residence.

2) [noun] a family descent or lineage.

3) [noun] a man who earns a living by farming or is engaged in farming, agriculture; a farmer; an agriculturist.

4) [noun] a person under the protection of a particular country or a legal inhabitant of a country; a citizen.

5) [noun] one’s wife.

6) [noun] an occupant of land or a building for which he or she pays a rent to the owner; a person to whom property is leased; a tenant; a lessee.

7) [noun] ಒಕ್ಕಲಮಕ್ಕಳು [okkalamakkalu] okkala makkaḷu (pl.) people engaged in farming; agriculturists; farmers; ಒಕ್ಕಲು ತೆಗೆ [okkalu tege]/ ತೆರಳು [teralu]) okkalu tege/teraḷu to move from one place to settle at another place (usu. en masse); ಯಾವ ಊರ ಒಕ್ಕಲು ಎಂದು ಕೇಳದಿರು [yava ura okkalu emdu keladiru] yāva ūra okkalu endu kēḷadiru not to ask about a person’s plight; to deliberately ignore taking care of a person’s welfare.

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Okkālu (ಒಕ್ಕಾಲು):—[noun] a single leg or foot.

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Okkālu (ಒಕ್ಕಾಲು):—

1) [noun] any of the four equal parts of something; a fourth; a quarter.

2) [noun] ಓದು ಒಕ್ಕಾಲು, ಬುದ್ಧಿ ಮುಕ್ಕಾಲು [odu okkalu, buddhi mukkalu] ōdu okkālu, buddhi mukkālu working knowledge is more important than mere book learning.

context information

Kannada is a Dravidian language (as opposed to the Indo-European language family) mainly spoken in the southwestern region of India.

See also (Relevant definitions)

Starts with: Okkaludere, Okkalugitti, Okkalugollu, Okkaluhogu, Okkalutana, Okkaluvogu.

Ends with: Addokkalu, Attevokkalu, Darokkalu, Doddokkalu, Hokkalu, Kilokkalu, Kudokkalu, Pokkalu, Tokkalu, Urokkalu.

Full-text: Okkal, Okkelu, Umdrane, Kadu, Devaru, Odu.

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